India Blue to take on SLBPXI in final

November 30, 2017 09:53 pm | Updated 09:53 pm IST - Mumbai

India Blue and Sri Lanka Board President’s XI will clash in the final of the Challenger Trophy men’s under-19 tournament at the Brabourne Stadium here on Saturday. India Green and India Red will play the play-off to decide the third-fourth positions at the Wankhede Stadium.

On Thursday, India Blue lost its last league match to SLBP XI at the BKC ground. By virtue of having won the previous two matches against India Red and India Green, Blue topped the pool with nine points, including a bonus point to enter the final.

SLBP XI meanwhile finished second with eight points from two wins.

The Challenger is a selection trial tournament to pick the Indian team for the ICC under-19 World Cup to be played in New Zealand from January 13 to February 3, 2018. The Indian team will be selected here on Sunday.

The scores: India Blue 203 in 46.3 overs (Om Bhosale 49, Shivam Mavi 44) lost to Sri Lanka Board President XI 204 for 4 in 44.2 overs (Nipun Dananjaya 65 n.o., Nuwanidu Fernando 91)

India Red 273 for eight in 50 overs (Riyan Parag 100) bt India Green 186 in 42 overs (Aryan Juyal 46, Priyam Garg 50, Arshdeep Singh five for 19).

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